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Good News: Court Rules Gay Marriage-Denying Proposition 8 (Proposition "H8") Unconstitutional

Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Goodbye Press Freedoms: More Journalists Arrested Covering Occupy, Occupy Tweets Subpoenaed

Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

In L.A. School, Entire Staff Removed Due to Disgusting, "Lewd" Child Abuse

Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Karen Handel, Right Wing VP of Komen Quits Over Planned Parenthood Flap

Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Busting Through the Media Firestorm: 6 Essential Facts About the Komen Controversy

Posted on: Feb 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How many of the rumors are inflated, and how many get at the real heart of why people responded to this decision with so much outrage?

6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy (Updated: Komen Reverses Decision)

Posted on: Feb 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Whether Americans were suspicious of Komen to begin with or just fed up with the politicization of women's health, this feels like the last straw.

Nevada Tea Party Falling Apart as GOP Race Moves Out West

Posted on: Feb 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney: "I'm Not Concerned With the Very Poor" (While Fellow .001%ers Pony Up for His Super PAC)

Posted on: Feb 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney Tries to Sing, Continues Existence as Cultural Laughingstock

Posted on: Jan 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Hilarious: Stephen Colbert Chases Jon Stewart Around NYC After Their Super PAC Tops A Millon Bucks

Posted on: Jan 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

"Eye of the Tiger" Group Sues Gingrich: Don't Use Our Song!

Posted on: Jan 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Dem Heroine: You Say Ultrasounds for Women Wanting Abortion, I Say Rectal Exams for Men Needing Viagra

Posted on: Jan 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

More Corruption Arrests at Another UK Murdoch Paper

Posted on: Jan 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Bill Maher Rips into Gingrich's Saul Alinsky Smears: "Who the F-- is Saul Alinsky?"

Posted on: Jan 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Taibbi: Good Foreclosure Deal Could Open the Door to Ending Up With Half of Wall Street in Jail

Posted on: Jan 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Biden: Democrats Can Take Back the House in 2012

Posted on: Jan 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Greenwald: Why the Scare Campaign Against Foreign Policy Bloggers Critical of Israel Is Bad for the Truth

Posted on: Jan 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Elizabeth Warren Slams Mitt's Tax Breaks, Lobbyists, Defends Marriage Equality

Posted on: Jan 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Today's Police State: NYPD Screened Racist Film, Mass Incarceration on the Rise, Press Freedom Down

Posted on: Jan 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Oh My Goodness: Video, "Sh*t Republicans Say to Black People," Uses Actual Footage

Posted on: Jan 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Bachmann, Unpopular at Home, Waffles on Whether to Run Again for Congress

Posted on: Jan 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Santorum: Pregnant Rape Victims Should "Make the Best" of It As GOP Anti-Choice Insanity Ramps Up

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mitt's Tax Returns--He Earns as Much in a Week from Investments as the 1% Does in a Year

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Occupy Davos Builds Igloo as Occupy Wall Street West Gets Serious--by Dancing-- in San Francisco

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jon Stewart's Epic Takedown of Newt Gingrich's Hypocrisy

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

'Let’s Stay Together' -- Can Obama’s Charm Offensive Woo Back Disgruntled Progressives?

Posted on: Jan 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How do we reconcile our need to hold the president accountable with our reaction to this renewed charm offensive?

How Occupy Wall Street "Occupied the Dream" on MLK Day

Posted on: Jan 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Stewart, Maddow Respond to GOP Racism-Fest in South Carolina

Posted on: Jan 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Did Romney Give Millions Worth of Bain Stock to LDS Church?

Posted on: Jan 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jon Stewart's Devastating, Dark Segment on Factories Where iPhones Are Made

Posted on: Jan 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Four Most Racist, Fearmongering and Absurd Moments from Last Night's Debate

Posted on: Jan 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Tomorrow: Wikipedia, Reddit, Cheezburger Network Will Blackout in SOPA Protest

Posted on: Jan 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Colbert's New SC Election Plan: Vote for Herman Cain

Posted on: Jan 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Brotox Era: Does Male Vanity Even the Playing Field, Or Condemn Us All to Unreachable Beauty Standards?

Posted on: Jan 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Instead of all of us accepting our flaws, are men facing new pressure to be ageless and perfect?

Pot May Not Harm Lungs, New Study Says

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Dept. of Awkward Optics: Obama May Move Convention Speech to BofA Stadium

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Racist Buchanan: "Militant" Gays and Van Jones Got Me Blacklisted from MSNBC

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Colbert: I Love Mitt's Zest for Firing People

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Barricades Come Down at Zuccotti Park, Protesters Re-Occupy

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

"Rape by the State"? Court: Texas Can Force Doctors to Deliver Intrusive Vaginal Ultrasound to Abortion Seekers

Posted on: Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet

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